IBM SECURITY ADVISORY First Issued: Thu Nov 30 10:49:53 CST 2023 The most recent version of this document is available here: https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/invscout_advisory5.asc Security Bulletin: AIX is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution due to invscout (CVE-2023-45168) =============================================================================== SUMMARY: A vulnerability in the AIX invscout command could allow a non-privileged local user to execute arbitrary commands (CVE-2023-45168). =============================================================================== VULNERABILITY DETAILS: CVEID: CVE-2023-45168 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-45168 DESCRIPTION: IBM AIX could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the invscout command to execute arbitrary commands. CVSS Base Score: 8.4 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267966 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS: AIX 7.2, 7.3 VIOS 3.1 The following fileset levels are vulnerable: key_fileset = aix Fileset Lower Level Upper Level KEY --------------------------------------------------------- invscout.rte 2.2.0.0 2.2.0.24 key_w_fs To find out whether the affected filesets are installed on your systems, refer to the lslpp command found in AIX user's guide. Example: lslpp -L | grep -i invscout.rte REMEDIATION: A. FIXES IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now. AIX and VIOS fixes are available. The AIX and VIOS fixes can be downloaded via https from: https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/invscout_fix5.tar The link above is to a tar file containing this signed advisory, fix packages, and OpenSSL signatures for each package. The fixes below include prerequisite checking. This will enforce the correct mapping between the fixes and AIX Technology Levels. To extract the fixes from the tar file: tar xvf invscout_fix5.tar cd invscout_fix5 Verify you have retrieved the fixes intact: The checksums below were generated using the "openssl dgst -sha256 [filename]" command as the following: openssl dgst -sha256 filename KEY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c0b1fb8c09034e37f0fe4adc88aaa24b8751a3999f290020719522669ece8fd5 invscout.rte key_w_csum These sums should match exactly. The OpenSSL signatures in the tar file and on this advisory can also be used to verify the integrity of the fixes. If the sums or signatures cannot be confirmed, contact IBM Support at http://ibm.com/support/ and describe the discrepancy. openssl dgst -sha256 -verify [pubkey_file] -signature [advisory_file].sig [advisory_file] openssl dgst -sha256 -verify [pubkey_file] -signature [ifix_file].sig [ifix_file] Published advisory OpenSSL signature file location: https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/invscout_advisory5.asc.sig B. FIX INSTALLATION If possible, it is recommended that a mksysb backup of the system be created. Verify it is both bootable and readable before proceeding. To preview the fix installation: installp -apYd . invscout To install the fix package: installp -aXYd . invscout WORKAROUNDS AND MITIGATIONS: None. =============================================================================== CONTACT US: Note: Keywords labeled as KEY in this document are used for parsing purposes. 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REFERENCES: Complete CVSS v3 Guide: http://www.first.org/cvss/user-guide On-line Calculator v3: http://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0 RELATED INFORMATION: IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal http://www.ibm.com/security/secure-engineering/bulletins.html IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ Security Bulletin: AIX is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution due to invscout (CVE-2023-45168) https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7086090 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: None. CHANGE HISTORY: First Issued: Thu Nov 30 10:49:53 CST 2023 =============================================================================== *The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin. 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